Databases

The databases listed here are most easily accessed by logging in directly to OpenAthens. A guide for logging in to your OpenAthens account can be found on this page. For more detailed instructions check out our step by step guides.

• Clarksons

  You must first Register with Clarksons to use World Fleet Register or Shipping Intelligence Network. Instructions can be found in this video.
  SIN provides access to a comprehensive range of data collected including the latest on shipping markets. The WFR is the market leading online vessel reference tool. Use of this database is for academic purposes only. Commercial use is strictly prohibited.

  

• HeinOnline

  The world’s largest collection of constitutions and constitutional documents; One hundred thousand of the most important early English cases that laid the foundation for the laws of nations under the British Empire; The United Nations Law Collection, Foreign & International Law Resources Database, as well as Legal Classics. Particularly useful for researching of Maritime Law and the Law of the Sea.

  

• I-Law

  Informa Law, offers a major portion of the Lloyd’s publications available online, including journals, reports and a few books. Full-text available for the Maritime & Commercial “practice.” Some of the ebooks are indexed in the Discovery Service. The WMU licence allows 5 simultaneous users at a time. An account is needed to access resources, to create an account you will need to click login and select create a corporate account using your WMU gmail account details.

  

• IMO documents

  Search and download documents of the International Maritime Organization. Individual login required. You may sign up for a public account at: webaccounts.imo.org.

  

• IMO
  Vega

  Database for IMO publications, including SOLAS, MARPOL, STCW and other codes, conventions, resolutions and IMO circulars. Please inquire at the library for log in details. When logging in remember to enable pop-ups.

  

• ISL Maritime Intelligence

  The ISL – Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics – one of Europe’s leading institutes in the area of maritime logistics research, consulting and knowledge transfer.
  WMU Library has access to:
  ISL Shipping statistics yearbook (SSYB)
  ISL SHIPPING statistics and market review (SSMR)

  

• Maritime Commons

  WMU's institutional repository of digital content. Includes PDFs of WMU student dissertations, papers and presentations of WMU faculty and researchers, and E-content. Content purchased from third parties such as the Drewry Manning Report, IHS Casualty Statistics, and articles from ScienceDirect are restricted to on-campus access, but most is "open access."

  

• SIS - ISO platform

  This database provided by the Swedish Standards Institute is a gateway to a number of ISO standards WMU Library has acquired for its patrons.

  

• Statista

  Immediate access to over one million statistics and facts. Over 80,000 topics. Download statistics in PNG, PDF, Excel or PowerPoint.

  

• VLE

  A small selection of our ebook collection, curated for quick and simple access.

  

• Westlaw

  A platform that powers Thomson Reuters products; Westlaw Classic, Westlaw International, Westlaw Watch, and Reuters with Newsroom. The Westlaw platform includes intuitive navigation, as well as new content, custom pages, tools and functionality.

  

• Westlaw UK

  
  Westlaw UK gives you access to vast but easily searchable databases of case law, legislation, news, legal journals, commentary, current awareness alerts and EU legal materials.